
Dr. Bonnell joined the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania in 1988 after spending two years at IBM’s Thomas Watson Research Center. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is the editor of seven books.
Dr. Bonnell holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in material science and engineering from the University of Michigan. She studied as a Fulbright Scholar at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, Germany.


